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In this YA novel in verse from bestselling authors Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess ( Solo ), which Kirkus called “lively, moving, and heartfelt” in a starred review, Noah and Walt just want to leave their geek days behind and find “cool,” but in the process discover a lot about first loves, friendship, and embracing life … as well as why Black Lives Matter is so important for all. Best friends Noah and Walt are far from popular, but Walt is convinced junior year is their year, and he has a plan that includes wooing the girls of their dreams and becoming amazing athletes. Never mind he and Noah failed to make their baseball team yet again, and Noah’s crush since third grade, Sam, has him firmly in the friend zone. While Walt focuses on his program of jazz, podcasts, batting cages, and a “Hug Life” mentality, Noah feels stuck in status quo … until he stumbles on a stash of old love letters. Each one contains words Noah’s always wanted to say to Sam, and he begins secretly creating artwork using the lines that speak his heart. But when his art becomes public, Noah has a decision to continue his life in the dugout and possibly lose the girl forever, or take a swing and finally speak out. At the same time, American flags are being left around town. While some think it’s a harmless prank and others see it as a form of protest, Noah can’t shake the feeling something bigger is happening to his community. Especially after he witnesses events that hint divides and prejudices run deeper than he realized. As the personal and social tensions increase around them, Noah and Walt must decide what is really important when it comes to love, friendship, sacrifice, and fate. Swing : If you enjoy Swing , check out Solo by Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess.
450 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 2, 2018
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Kwame Alexander
82 books3,150 followersKwame Alexander is a poet, educator, and New York Times Bestselling author of 21 books, including The Crossover, which received the 2015 John Newbery Medal for the Most Distinguished Contribution to American literature for Children, the Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor, The NCTE Charlotte Huck Honor, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, and the Passaic Poetry Prize. Kwame writes for children of all ages. His other works include Surf's Up, a picture book; Booked, a middle grade novel; and He Said She Said, a YA novel.
Kwame believes that poetry can change the world, and he uses it to inspire and empower young people through his PAGE TO STAGE Writing and Publishing Program released by Scholastic. A regular speaker at colleges and conferences in the U.S., he also travels the world planting seeds of literary love (Singapore, Brazil, Italy, France, Shanghai, etc.). Recently, Alexander led a delegation of 20 writers and activists to Ghana, where they delivered books, built a library, and provided literacy professional development to 300 teachers, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an International literacy program he co-founded.
Kwame believes that poetry can change the world, and he uses it to inspire and empower young people through his PAGE TO STAGE Writing and Publishing Program released by Scholastic. A regular speaker at colleges and conferences in the U.S., he also travels the world planting seeds of literary love (Singapore, Brazil, Italy, France, Shanghai, etc.). Recently, Alexander led a delegation of 20 writers and activists to Ghana, where they delivered books, built a library, and provided literacy professional development to 300 teachers, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an International literacy program he co-founded.
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October 21, 2018
3.5 stars for this one, much to love but also much that could have been left out for the story to come alive more. The ending while heart wrenching came out of nowhere and seemed like it didn’t fit. It will be interesting to see how my students react to this one.
October 4, 2018
I just finished listening to the audiobook, and if you have the chance to do the same, I highly recommend it! Author Kwame Alexander reads it himself and brings the story to life, and I loved the jazz music played in between chapters. I am still in a state of shock from the heartbreaking ending, so I'll have to come back and write more later. Ages 12 and up.
June 2, 2020
Please keep reading.
Please keep learning.
Please start changing.
Please keep learning.
Please start changing.
February 9, 2019
This is
One of those times that I
Realize
Some books that
Are written in verse
Would be way
More powerful and
Less disjointed narratives
If they were
In another
Format.
The forced
Ending
Didn't help matters
With my rating.
One of those times that I
Realize
Some books that
Are written in verse
Would be way
More powerful and
Less disjointed narratives
If they were
In another
Format.
The forced
Ending
Didn't help matters
With my rating.
March 8, 2019
This was a very enjoyable book to read , it was fast paced and the plot was entertaining , that is until the very last 100 pages. Did not see the ending coming , it kind of put things into perspective and tries to make a point regarding cultural differences . This book deals with PTSD, love, friendship, current racial issues and idealized love.
October 31, 2018
Kwame Alexander is a gift to YA literature. He brings readers like me, a middle aged white adult, to a world I know only from the media, making me feel like I was part of Noah’s community. For teenage YA readers, his books have wider appeal, including for reluctant readers who have yet to find stories and writing styles to engage them. SWING tackles issues of friendship, family, mental illness, dreams, sports, music and the scary realities of a rush to judgment.
I recommend anything he writes.
I recommend anything he writes.
January 19, 2021
I didn't really know what to expect going in with a book named 'Swing', but wow, now that I've read it, 'Swing' is a pretty genius name that blends all the motifs of this book together.
- Follows Noah, a Black teen who is in love his best friend. When his best friend Walt (who calls himself 'Swing') introduces him to the Woohoo Woman Podcast, fate leads him to a thrift shop, where he finds love letters written in the 1960's - and he starts writing anonymous love letters to his best friend.
- Given the way I've summed up this book above, Swing isn't a love story, but it is about love. It's also a story about idealisation, friendship, about teens learning about feminism (and maybe fumbling a bit too), about taking a chance at life, and that, despite all our plans, some things don't work out.
- This is written entirely in free-verse, and the poetry in this book, particularly the love letters, were amazing. Poetry doesn't often do things for me, but some of the words in this made me ache and feel things. Wow.
- The sudden tonal shift at the end caught me off guard - but I think, in the context of the story and what it was trying to tell, it fit. I was shocked, and it hurt. In other words, I think the ending (see trigger warnings below) is an expression of a fear of being Black in America - that you may be just a teen grappling with crushes and friendship and school, but things can happen suddenly and change your life forever.
Trigger/content warning: police violence, blood, PTSD (side-character exhibiting symptoms)
- Follows Noah, a Black teen who is in love his best friend. When his best friend Walt (who calls himself 'Swing') introduces him to the Woohoo Woman Podcast, fate leads him to a thrift shop, where he finds love letters written in the 1960's - and he starts writing anonymous love letters to his best friend.
- Given the way I've summed up this book above, Swing isn't a love story, but it is about love. It's also a story about idealisation, friendship, about teens learning about feminism (and maybe fumbling a bit too), about taking a chance at life, and that, despite all our plans, some things don't work out.
- This is written entirely in free-verse, and the poetry in this book, particularly the love letters, were amazing. Poetry doesn't often do things for me, but some of the words in this made me ache and feel things. Wow.
- The sudden tonal shift at the end caught me off guard - but I think, in the context of the story and what it was trying to tell, it fit. I was shocked, and it hurt. In other words, I think the ending (see trigger warnings below) is an expression of a fear of being Black in America - that you may be just a teen grappling with crushes and friendship and school, but things can happen suddenly and change your life forever.
Trigger/content warning: police violence, blood, PTSD (side-character exhibiting symptoms)
December 14, 2018
This book had a lot going against it for my particular reading tastes: I rarely like YA that is focused a lot on romance, I rarely like verse novels that aren’t based on a highly tense/ emotional plots (this novel has emotional events but the story itself isn’t that emotional), and I always hate YA characters that are depicted as being super quirky. The romance plot (which takes up a majority of the book) is fairly annoying but maybe that’s cause I’m a Grampy to these kiddos now. I don’t think verse suited the novel; many of the lines just read like regular sentences with short line breaks, which didn’t work for me. And, while I love the protagonist’s relationship with the character, Walt or Swing, the character of Swing is one of those weird combinations of old soul/guru/unique-but-beautiful character tropes that annoy me in YA.
The ending of the book comes out of nowhere and has no resolution. If you’ve read this, what the frick was that? Why didn’t the reader get more? Very frustrating ending to an okay story.
The ending of the book comes out of nowhere and has no resolution. If you’ve read this, what the frick was that? Why didn’t the reader get more? Very frustrating ending to an okay story.
May 1, 2019
This book was surprisingly good! I've got into it totally blind and I like it. Day to day casual life of a group of teenagers. Nothing that would normally blow me away, but I like the pace, the style, it felt true, the characters were interesting, funny and we get attach to them easily. A simple story but well executed! A good read!
April 29, 2019
This was one of the AudioFile Sync choices for the first week in 2019.
This was cute until the end. Then it was sad. I did enjoy it. And the author was also the narrator and he did a great job.
This was cute until the end. Then it was sad. I did enjoy it. And the author was also the narrator and he did a great job.
February 23, 2019
This book had a lot of good ideas and themes presented throughout the storyline but they quickly got bogged down by the romance.
While it mentions and attempts to discuss important and very relevant topics to modern day such police violence and women empowerment, the romance overshadows much of it and in my opinion, the romance between Noah and Sam felt very superficial. There wasn't any chemistry between the characters and it felt kind of forced- it could've been better developed so that there was more substance to them.
Out of all of the characters, Walt felt the most believable. Noah had some development to him but he was so focused trying to woo Sam that it doesn't leave much room for him to discover who is outside of his love life while Sam was never fully developed and had very little to her character.
What I did like was the mixed media art- it was different and beautiful and helped this book stand out among other verse novels.
The ending left so much more to be discussed but it ends abruptly. I wanted more to be explained and social justice to be shown but it was rushed and so I didn't really enjoy it. I liked this book for the most part but not as much as his other works.
While it mentions and attempts to discuss important and very relevant topics to modern day such police violence and women empowerment, the romance overshadows much of it and in my opinion, the romance between Noah and Sam felt very superficial. There wasn't any chemistry between the characters and it felt kind of forced- it could've been better developed so that there was more substance to them.
Out of all of the characters, Walt felt the most believable. Noah had some development to him but he was so focused trying to woo Sam that it doesn't leave much room for him to discover who is outside of his love life while Sam was never fully developed and had very little to her character.
What I did like was the mixed media art- it was different and beautiful and helped this book stand out among other verse novels.
The ending left so much more to be discussed but it ends abruptly. I wanted more to be explained and social justice to be shown but it was rushed and so I didn't really enjoy it. I liked this book for the most part but not as much as his other works.
October 30, 2018
Swing is one of those novels that you won't soon forget. While I really enjoy novels told in verse form, I can't say that I've gotten lost in the story quite as much as I did here. The development of the story is slow but thoughtful, helping you to fully connect to all the characters involved. The most important characters are Noah and Swing. Told from Noah's point of view, we come to see how his friendship with his best friend, Swing, works. I love their friendship, their connection to baseball, and their appreciate for Jazz music.
Generally a progressive story about Noah's crush on his female best friend, includes very realistic looks at things like race, social class, education, war veterans, and even the Black Lives Matter movement. Nothing is shoved in your face, but takes place after well-developed narration that keeps you interested and flipping pages.
To say that I loved this book is putting it mildly. It has been a long time since I wanted to cry over a book, and this one put me there. I see this as required reading for any teen today, and a good book to look at and consider for adults.
Generally a progressive story about Noah's crush on his female best friend, includes very realistic looks at things like race, social class, education, war veterans, and even the Black Lives Matter movement. Nothing is shoved in your face, but takes place after well-developed narration that keeps you interested and flipping pages.
To say that I loved this book is putting it mildly. It has been a long time since I wanted to cry over a book, and this one put me there. I see this as required reading for any teen today, and a good book to look at and consider for adults.
January 29, 2021
3.5/5
The end of this was absolutely heartbreaking! I don't even have the words for it.
I'd like to sit down and reread this one in the future, instead of the audio. For whatever reason, I was under the (WRONG) impression that this would be a continuation of Solo, and it is definitely not. This book follows Noah and his best friend Walt, who everyone calls Swing. They've been cut from the baseball team for the third year in a row and Noah's long time crush doesn't seem that it will ever pass the friend zone. But Swing has big plans for them both.
I think I was so thrown off that this doesn't follow Blade and I wasn't able to focus on this as well. It's really my own fault. But I did really enjoy the themes of friendship and love that were present in this book. I loved seeing Noah write love letters, it was seriously so cute. Overall, this was very enjoyable, my focus just wasn't there so I'll be revisiting this one in the future.
The end of this was absolutely heartbreaking! I don't even have the words for it.
I'd like to sit down and reread this one in the future, instead of the audio. For whatever reason, I was under the (WRONG) impression that this would be a continuation of Solo, and it is definitely not. This book follows Noah and his best friend Walt, who everyone calls Swing. They've been cut from the baseball team for the third year in a row and Noah's long time crush doesn't seem that it will ever pass the friend zone. But Swing has big plans for them both.
I think I was so thrown off that this doesn't follow Blade and I wasn't able to focus on this as well. It's really my own fault. But I did really enjoy the themes of friendship and love that were present in this book. I loved seeing Noah write love letters, it was seriously so cute. Overall, this was very enjoyable, my focus just wasn't there so I'll be revisiting this one in the future.
December 20, 2020
Again the narrator is the author. If you read my review for Solo, you will know my feelings on this already. I have to say though, I felt like there was better separation and pauses in his narration, so it didn't meld together as much as the first book I listened to. So that was good, at least for me.
In this story we follow Noah, (Swing), around. We follow him all over the place too. Seriously, this story was everywhere and nowhere at once. Just when I would get pulled into whatever was happening around Noah, it would then flip to something else. I was mildly frustrated.
I really hoped for music in this one like Solo had. This story wasn't about a musician though so it would be weird to have a song in the middle of the story. Instead, the author added music at the end of the parts. It was a pleasant surprise and had me bouncing, chair-dancing along. It also fit with the story, but I won't tell you how.
I appreciated the part sparking on why #BlackLivesMatter
We need to understand what happens, and reading about it is a perfect to get through to someone like me. I hear you, and I stand with you.
I look forward to more from the author. I think I will steer away from audio though and go back to the printed word.
3.5/5
In this story we follow Noah, (Swing), around. We follow him all over the place too. Seriously, this story was everywhere and nowhere at once. Just when I would get pulled into whatever was happening around Noah, it would then flip to something else. I was mildly frustrated.
I really hoped for music in this one like Solo had. This story wasn't about a musician though so it would be weird to have a song in the middle of the story. Instead, the author added music at the end of the parts. It was a pleasant surprise and had me bouncing, chair-dancing along. It also fit with the story, but I won't tell you how.
I appreciated the part sparking on why #BlackLivesMatter
We need to understand what happens, and reading about it is a perfect to get through to someone like me. I hear you, and I stand with you.
I look forward to more from the author. I think I will steer away from audio though and go back to the printed word.
3.5/5
November 19, 2018
This was going to be a five-star book until the sudden ending. Walt is probably my favorite character Kwame Alexander has written— he’s hilarious, passionate, and speaks in motivational posters and tweet-sized obituaries. I liked seeing his impact on Noah and following their respective relationship pursuits. What I didn’t like was how much other stuff was forced into this book. While I understand that no character lives in a vacuum, it still felt out of place that these characters were overwhelmed with a host of family issues and a strange art-as-protest side plot. I feel like the ending should have been a middle if the book wanted to fully deal with the topics it opens. But as it is, it feels like the goal was to shock the reader, not to provide closure.
July 9, 2019
Ouch. What a magnificent book that would be perfect in all aspects and then the end - the punch in the gut that takes it from great to beyond.
A book with so many connections that could be made, so many trails that can be followed by hungry readers.
A book with so many connections that could be made, so many trails that can be followed by hungry readers.
July 6, 2019
Swing is a story about friendship, first crushes and trying to live a normal life in our world today. This story is very easy to read because it is written in verse form and beautifully so. I enjoyed the story and was full of hope and even sadness.
February 13, 2019
This one just did not gel. There were some really good parts (like the art) and some filler and than an ending out of left field. Definitely not my favorite in the Kwame Alexander body of work.
September 15, 2018
Have you ever been best friends with someone but you really want to move past the friend zone into something more? Noah, Walt, and Sam have been best friends for as long as they can remember. Noah has feelings for Sam that go way past the best friend zone, but Sam only has eyes for the star baseball player (even though he treats her bad). To help move Noah and Sam's relationship on, Walt takes Noah to see the guru of love, his cousin Floyd who works at the Dairy Queen. Floyd helps produce a podcast called "WhooHoo Woman", a podcast in which two women give advice on how to treat a lady. What really turns all of their lives around is when Noah and Walt go to the local thrift store to buy a present for his mom's birthday. The girl behind the counter, Divya, helps Noah pick out a vintage purse and Walt falls instantly in love with her. What comes as a total surprise is when Noah finds a bunch of love letters from a man named Corinthian to the love of his life, Annemarie written back in the 1960s. While Noah is pouring over these letters, Walt is trying to get back on the baseball team in which he has given himself the nickname, Swing. These letters give Noah the courage to come out in the open to Sam about his feelings. Everything comes to a head one night at a party at Noah's house. Will Sam be able to cross that friend zone into something more with Noah? Will Noah's confession of love ruin a lifelong friendship? Will Walt ever make it back onto the baseball team before he graduates? This is a must read book of love, loss, friendship, and music. Do not miss this one!!
Kwame and Mary are an incredible writing duo. Kwame's books are written in verse form and the rhythm just flows throughout the whole book. This book will have you laughing and crying and cheering on each character as they go through different situations in their life. I was only a few pages into this book and I wanted to be friends with these characters so bad. You are just drawn into their world and when the story is over these characters still have your heart. Do not miss one of Kwame's best books yet (I have to say "one of" because all of his books are the bomb!!).
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Kwame and Mary are an incredible writing duo. Kwame's books are written in verse form and the rhythm just flows throughout the whole book. This book will have you laughing and crying and cheering on each character as they go through different situations in their life. I was only a few pages into this book and I wanted to be friends with these characters so bad. You are just drawn into their world and when the story is over these characters still have your heart. Do not miss one of Kwame's best books yet (I have to say "one of" because all of his books are the bomb!!).
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September 2, 2018
Music, art, poetry, baseball, love, and war make this YA novel in verse unique. Noah has been in love with one of his best friends for a while, and he is inspired to start creating found art love poems for her after finding some love letters from the 60s. His other best friend Walt, aka Swing, is obsessed with getting back on their school baseball team, and he teaches Noah to appreciate jazz and to be more bold.
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June 4, 2024
When I started reading, what intrigued me about the book was its unique writing style. I feel like it brought a lot of personality into the book, and made the characters feel more alive. I assumed that the book would be more centered around the friendship between the characters, Walt (Swing) and Noah, and their journey of jazz and baseball. I feel like that would've also made the ending of the story more impactful. Instead, it seemed more focused on the theme of love and the relationships they would face besides each other. Even though it wasn't expected, I still found the plot enjoyable and interesting to read. However, the reason I took a star off was because of the pacing. I felt that the build-up to the ending was too quick, and that everything felt too rushed at the end. At the same time, that could also show the realism in how life can throw things at you that you would never expect, and that you have to stay strong through them. Overall, I thought that this was a good book, and shows an important message of valuing the people around you.
December 17, 2020
My 4th my Kwame, and I got to listen to him read one of his books for the first time! I really enjoyed hearing him tell it.
It’s also the first time I’ve listened to a book in verse on audio. I appreciated the author’s voice to the rhythm of it, but I really missed reading the book in physical form. The parts where Noah is poetic were great, but I missed being able to read the other parts.
I’m definitely not the target audience for this book. Teens are definitely going to be drawn to it more than I was. But I did get a chuckle out of some interactions between the characters.
I got the point of the title ‘Swing’, but the correlation between baseball and jazz was a little lost in correlation for me. I wasn’t as invested in the characters as I have been.
Won’t stop me from reading his books again! My kids will definitely know KA’s name in our house.
It’s also the first time I’ve listened to a book in verse on audio. I appreciated the author’s voice to the rhythm of it, but I really missed reading the book in physical form. The parts where Noah is poetic were great, but I missed being able to read the other parts.
I’m definitely not the target audience for this book. Teens are definitely going to be drawn to it more than I was. But I did get a chuckle out of some interactions between the characters.
I got the point of the title ‘Swing’, but the correlation between baseball and jazz was a little lost in correlation for me. I wasn’t as invested in the characters as I have been.
Won’t stop me from reading his books again! My kids will definitely know KA’s name in our house.
November 13, 2022
An absolutely brilliant book. Swing and Noah are best friends who love jazz, random facts and trying to work out the world, their hopes and dreams, and want to appear cool while doing it all. Things though never quite go smoothly.
At first I found the ending to this book a bit odd, out of place and didn’t quite flow. Yet having now thought about it, I’ve decided I’m completely wrong. The ending was 100% right as actually the book was about the end, not the beginning or middle. Life can change dramatically in an instant and incredibly unfairly and this book is ultimately about that and the disruption of normality. Also in hindsight there was a lot of foreshadowing throughout the book. A really great read for teenagers and discussions around all the issues raised.
The audiobook version (performed by the author) was brilliant! I’m really glad I listened to rather than read this.
At first I found the ending to this book a bit odd, out of place and didn’t quite flow. Yet having now thought about it, I’ve decided I’m completely wrong. The ending was 100% right as actually the book was about the end, not the beginning or middle. Life can change dramatically in an instant and incredibly unfairly and this book is ultimately about that and the disruption of normality. Also in hindsight there was a lot of foreshadowing throughout the book. A really great read for teenagers and discussions around all the issues raised.
The audiobook version (performed by the author) was brilliant! I’m really glad I listened to rather than read this.
October 27, 2020
This book broke my heart. Possibly my favorite Kwame Alexander book that I've read so far.
November 1, 2019
When reading this book I could easily make a mental image of what was going on. A 17-year-old boy is struggling on finding a way to tell his crush that he likes her. Noah's crush is one of his best friends Sam. While the book takes place his parents are away in Europe for the 2 months. Noah's grandmother is supposed to be watching him for those 2 months but she is lazy and stays home and only calls him two to three times throughout the book. Since his grandmother was not staying in the house with him, his best friend Walt comes over and stays every night. Noah finds love letters that were from the past and were written by unknown people. Noah decides to make art pieces and he uses the letters to help him with what he writes in little bubbles in the art pieces. Walt steals the first painting and puts it in Sam's bag. Noah is furious at Walt. Sam liked the painting and asked Noah if he had any ideas on who might have made the painting. Noah said he had no clue who might have done it. Noah kept making the paintings and he adventualy gets exposed.
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September 20, 2021
This wasn’t my favorite book in verse, but it still carried a powerful message like anything Kwame Alexander writes. It was hard to follow at times since there was more dialogue in it, but I’m still excited to tell students about this one.
December 2, 2020
it was fine
January 26, 2019
Swing is both a hit and a miss for me. The narrative tended to focus more on the things I didn't care as much for (Noah's crush on Sam primarily) and not on the things I really loved - namely Swing and taking about music and art. While Noah is rather bland in many respects, Swing was a stand out character and I loved every moment that he spoke. The middle dragged a bit with the love plot and there were too many dangling plot threads at the end to make anything feel super meaningful or resolved - but I loved the ride. Kwame Alexander and Mary Rand Hess make a great team, both here and in Solo. The flow is lyrical and I could feel the jazz inspiration throughout. A solid read that falters a bit at the end, but still worth your time. 4/5
August 24, 2018
They do it again!!
I’m always amazed that Kwame & Mary evoke such depth of emotion from so few words. This book is full of memorable characters and will leave you changed.
At one point in the story I did think there were too many plot points happening that diluted the story slightly but they tie them up, if not happily, then succinctly.
This is a story that will stick with me and is easy to champion for, much like this team’s book Solo and Kwame’s books overall. An accessible and essential voice in the book world.
I’m always amazed that Kwame & Mary evoke such depth of emotion from so few words. This book is full of memorable characters and will leave you changed.
At one point in the story I did think there were too many plot points happening that diluted the story slightly but they tie them up, if not happily, then succinctly.
This is a story that will stick with me and is easy to champion for, much like this team’s book Solo and Kwame’s books overall. An accessible and essential voice in the book world.
December 16, 2021
This book is okay. Many things are happening at the same time. It has multiple themes incorporated throughout the book and not just sticking to one. The only thing I would say is that I wish there was a different ending than the one it ended with. The book has three parts to it which is one thing that I liked about it.
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